Clie of Sadness

The shiny, metal beast lay resting at the top of the cliff, sounding its warning cry to remind its master of his next appointment. Without warning, the beast was run through by the single tooth of the spearlike creature whose jowls run blue with acrid, staining saliva. The force of the attack sent the shiny beast plummeting down the cliff face, dutifully shrieking its shrill reminder to the very last. With a single, sickening *whack* the beast made contact with the valley floor, bouncing not even once...

The screen on my Clie being mortally wounded, I now need a new PDA. Time to hit the trade rags and reviews... I was hoping to get another year out of the device, and theoretically I could. However, the screen has vertical pinstriping and the right 1/5 of the screen no longer renders. The digitizer (touch screen device) seems fine, but I rely on this device too frequently to live with a missing 1/5 display. I was very surprised to have brushed the unit off of my desk by bumping a nearby pen. Very disheartening...